Quake Live, the Web browser-based version of Id Software's popular first person shooter, is now available for the Mac.

iPhoto 8.1 - 160.4MB

This update adds several new print product options to iPhoto “09:

- Hardcover books can now be ordered in a new extra-large (10″ x13″) size
- Includes three new book themes with travel-oriented designs: Tropical, Asian, Old World
- A variety of new holiday greeting cards themes are now available

Filed under: Apple, iPhone, iPod touch

Earlier today, I posted about the ability to find previously deleted emails using the Spotlight search on the iPhone, adding to the already intense swarm of news surrounding this issue. My findings were that, by ensuring your trash folder was emptied and refreshed, the problem appeared to be solved.

However, many of you responded indicating that this did not work for you, and that you were still seeing cached messages. Then Cult of Mac posted an update to their original piece, suggesting that the problem was more specific to POP accounts. Although I had tested both POP and IMAP accounts with similar results, I decided to investigate further.

First, to clarify: The problem here is *not* with Spotlight caching the contents of your email, as many have suggested. Spotlight simply indexes the available content on your phone, and logs a pointer to it. When you tap a search result, it opens the associated application and tells that app to view the content. In this case, it sees an email message and asks Mail.app to open it, which it does, because Mail.app still has the message content stored locally. Secondly, this appears to be specific to POP accounts. On IMAP or Exchange accounts, deleted email messages do appear in Spotlight results until the trash folder is emptied, as described in my earlier post.

I created a fresh account and configured it for POP access, then downloaded the mail. Searching spotlight, I could see the message I was looking for. I then went back to the message and deleted it, and that's where the fun starts. I conducted this same test multiple times, and found that sometimes, the message would now show up in Spotlight twice, one result opened the message, intact, with the Inbox listed as the folder to return to; the other displaying a message in the trash folder, but with an error displaying the body of the message. Other times, I would only see one result, pointed directly to the trash.

Continue reading Clarification on the iPhone Spotlight email issue

TUAWClarification on the iPhone Spotlight email issue originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sponsored Topics: iPhone - Apple - Mail - Cult of Mac - IPod Touch

Filed under: iPhone, App Store, App Review

Well, another day, another iPhone GPS app is released to the eager hordes. One of the latest entries is CoPilot Live [iTunes link]. Note: CoPilot Live is also available in a version for the U.K. at the App Store.

The North American version is a US$34.99 full featured nav for your car, bicycle, or just walking around. All the maps are built in, so it does not require any data, which is a plus.

There are things I like about this app, other than the low price. The screens look good, and are highly configurable. They give you the option of getting live weather at your current location, or your destination. I'd like to see that on every GPS app. Satellite acquisition was quick, with no glitches. Although some users have reported crashes, I found the app stable and reliable.

The voice instructions are very clear, and you have a choice of several languages with either a male or female speaker. In the U.S. the choices are 'John' or 'Lisa.'

You can zoom in or out of the 3D or 2D maps, and it appeared that as you approach a destination the map zooms in automatically. The app quickly switches to portrait or landscape mode, and you get a full screen, large type indication of the next turn. It pops up for a few moments, then returns to map view.

The app allows you to plan a trip in advance and preview the route. Happily, you can choose a destination from your address book.

Of course, things aren't all rosy with CoPilot Live. Here are the issues I saw in a couple hours of driving around town.

Continue reading CoPilot Live throws a hat in the navigation ring

TUAWCoPilot Live throws a hat in the navigation ring originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sponsored Topics: iPhone - AppStore - Apple - ITunes Store - Global Positioning System

Little more than a week after Nambu Network said it would shutter its URL-shortener tr.im, and just days after the service was reactivated, its founder now plans to take the code open-source and give up the attractive URL.

Facebook faces a lawsuit in California over its privacy policies.

One of the best GPS offerings in the App Store, MotionX GPS includes a great feature set for tracking your biking, hiking, or running progress with maps and gauges as well as exporting this information for you to study or share with friends. And an update geared to the iPhone 3.0 software has added even more features.

E dopo i primi screenshots inediti rilasciati questa mattina da Joe Hewitt, lo sviluppatore di Facebook, arriva una nuova notizia riguardante l’applicazione stessa. Il dev ha ben pensato di rilasciare, tramite la pagina ufficiale di Facebook, tutti i dettagli e le funzioni che conterrà l’aggiornamento dell’applicazione presente su AppStore. Di seguito, invece, trovate due brevi filmati che mostrano il programma in azione:

• Possibiltà di visualizzare eventi e compleanni degli amici;
• Possibilità di scrivere e leggere note;
• Upload dei video con iPhone 3GS;
• Possibilità di caricare una foto da un qualsiasi album fotografico personale;
• Possibilità di creare, modificare, cancellare e taggare un album da noi creato direttamente dall’applicazione stessa;
• Possibilità di cambiare la foto del proprio profilo;
• Zoom all’interno delle foto;
• “Mi piace” su foto e aggiornamenti di stato;

• Possibilità di visualizzare i link condivisi tramite un browser interno;
• Visualizzazione completa dei profili degli amici;
• Funzione di ricerca migliorata e semplificata;
• Possibilità di mandare una richiesta di amicizia;
• Possibilità di iscriversi a qualsiasi gruppo;
• Possibilità di scrivere o parlare velocemente con gli amici;
• Possibilità di creare delle scorciatoie preferite per andare direttamente ai profili degli amici “più cari”;
• Possibilità di ordinare gli amici in base a cognome o nome;
• Funzione “Chat” migliorata.

Le funzioni non sono finite qui ma per il momento queste sono quelle certe. Vi ricordiamo che l’applicazione è già stata inviata ad Apple e dovrebbe essere approvata a breve. Non appena ci saranno novità, naturalmente, sarete avvisati tramite un nuovo articolo.